#8B4599#8B4599

#8B4599 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.147 H 320.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B4599
RGB	rgb(139, 69, 153)
HSL	hsl(290, 38%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(290, 55%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 54.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.29, 42.96, -33.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.29, 54.46, 322.07°)
OKLab	oklab(51.19% 0.1136 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(51.19% 0.147 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.5247, 12.0459, 31.4801)
Luminance	0.1205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B4599 #539945

analogous

#614599 #8B4599 #99457D

triadic

#8B4599 #998B45 #45998B

tetradic

#8B4599 #996145 #539945 #457D99

square

#8B4599 #996145 #539945 #457D99

split-complementary

#8B4599 #7D9945 #459961

monochromatic

#3E1F45 #65326F #8B4599 #AA63B9 #C18DCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.16

#8B4599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.41

#8B4599 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8B4599

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B4599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8B4599	1.00	6.16	3.41	6.16
#FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#365C9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D6497

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C5168

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b4599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 69, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.147 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#af7cb7',
    500: '#8b4599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b4599;
$custom-light: #af7cb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b4599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 37.838,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5119,
    "c": 0.14668,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B4599

secondary

#8CB783

accent

#CE5A6D

background

#FBF7FB

surface

#F6EEF6

border

#D0C9D0

text

#110A11

muted

#807C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B4599

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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